Change never seems natural. We naturally repel it and often want to retreat back into our comfort zone. There is all the resistance to change. When then there is a crisis you must equip yourself for change or be overcome by the change. Every man must prepare himself to handle crisis.
Covid-19 has totally changed what we used to know as normal way of doing things. Men were not used to staying at home. They are indeed forced by circumstances to stay. Responsibilities have not changed and the demand for the family is still the same. These are challenging moments which require doing things differently. In my entire life, I have never stayed for 5 months at home doing very little.
A wise man once said that there is a season for everything under the sun - even when we can’t see the sun. Seasons are part of life just like day and night or winter and summer. Seasons of crisis, for instance the current Covid-19 pandemic, come to necessitate change. Crises are not permanent but the question is: How do we overcome such a season of crisis?
Crises come in our lives in one way or the other. We must have lessons learnt in all moments when we have crises. It is tough going through them but it is said that ‘when going becomes tough, the tough get going.’
Lessons that I have learnt over the period of crisis
Nothing remains the same. Seasons come and go. Seasons are very temporary. For those currently earning a percentage of their salary or no salary at all in different organizations, this is a situation that will not remain the same.
Seasons guarantee change. A crisis can build brand new markets, remove the old and welcome the new and change the way of doing things. The change could be new innovations, bigger businesses, change of cultures, believes or behaviour change.
Crisis gives hope for tomorrow. When it is too dark, light is soon on its way. When you are jobless, you hope for a job soon. When temporary out of cash, you hope for hay days. Learn to do things differently.
A crisis season is transient. The beauty about it is that days and weeks are moving. Soon, the crisis season will be over. We should not panic too quickly. We need to stand still, think and innovate.
Every man ought to adjust his ways of doing things. I love saying that “Ukila yote utajuta baadaye” meaning that don’t spend all the income that you are getting as you will regret in the future. Keep something aside for the rainy day.
A season of crisis gives incentives to plan for the future. The crisis phase come and go and we must plan for the next phase. The future is more promising than the present.
Never respond permanently to a temporarily problem. Suicide, for example, is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. We can do better than committing suicide, giving up, or doing something that we might regret soon after the tough days are gone.
Keep a positive eye on opportunities brought by a crisis. See the opportunities created during a crisis and seize them if you can. Look at the bigger picture and position yourself approximately. I always get impressed by the young people selling face masks in the streets. This is an opportunity that has come.
Always be ready for other opportunities that arise when a crisis comes. Many more will come in one way or the other. BE THE MAN TO FACE THEM. Never give up.
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